
(credit: khushi at http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1194342&TPN=28)
i seriously wonder whether i should bother. but! since i've never done this for anyone by myself, the selfish bugger that i am, i'm gonna do it, of course. 🤣
2 jul
* big thing: so seriously -- lj had a heart-attack 'cause he thinks heer is getting married?? i mean, is that a little far-fetched?? or is it 'cause he just never expected to see that name ever again?? er... on a live person, ie? no, really...
* little thing: 'kay, so he has had a bit of a shock seeing his apparently-still-beloved bauji lying collapsed on the floor. but man, wasn't it absurd hearing prem start on ''do you hate me so much that you couldn't call me??'' er... prem? the chap's just had a heart attack. er... maybe there could be a different reason for his not having called you this time, y'know?? 🤣 i mean, that was something you'd expect lj to do -- moan about himself and his own misfortunes when someone else is in trouble!! i guess prem does have lj genes... 🤣
man! the scriptwriters are such dead-brain ducks! was that the only way they knew to show prem-angst then?? 🤣🤣🤣
* little thing: hmmm... and no reaction from prem at lj murmuring ''heer'' using his (perhaps) last dying breaths?? hmmmm... now that? that troubled me...
* little thing: so, really, lj and mad spinning lady (msl) have a deep link, huh?? lj murmurs ''heer'' and msl starts spinning sad songs to get heer to come to her...
but i thought it was kinda cute (but weird) that heer recognises msl's voice, no? one of those inexplicable cute heer-things, actually...
* little thing: y'know? if you guys weren't all so sure that this heer-marriage-thing is fake, i would be totally like msl! looking like her entire world shattered when heer gave her the wedding card apparently for her own wedding. i would be soooo throwing myself on the ground and whining if you guys weren't so sure...
(although not like msl did it. i'd be on my stomach, pummeling the ground with my fists and my feet insisting that prem come that very instant to grab heer to him, hold her close and do that ''aisa kyun lagta hai, heer, ki tum dektay kuchch ho, maantay kuchch ho...''with heer again!! 😆)
* heer thing: but oh my. heer all hip-hoppy is such a pretty thing to watch. y'know? i used to have such a problem seeing prem do hip-hop. s'how, hhheer feels more ... right? why is that?? *and guess what?? i figured it out while watching the 07/03/09 show! will tell you then... 😆*
* little thing: eugh! gaali-maa acting all concerned for lj. bleagh! what the heck is she going on 'bout the strength of her fasting for the guy?? she broke the very relationship that he had spent a major amount of this life working for -- that prem and heer be married and cement the bond between his brother-friend and him.
but what was interesting in that little segment was the sense i got that everyone in jzoo actually knows what gaali-maa did to break up prem and heer -- no? or at least that vitchface was the evil aborter and that nihaal was not the black-hearted monster that they thought he was? at least that??!
* little thing: but man, did i love how lj was completely and absolutely disinterested in anything that she uttered??? gosh, that rocked -- never thought that anything between lj and gaali-maa would rock that badly. 😆
* little thing: gaali-maa is still being horrible and trying to keep the distance between prem and his father/brothers? i mean, did lj distinctly say to ask his three sons to go into him or not??! so when poor prem answered harman's (very sweet) question whether he was not coming by saying he knew lj wouldn't want him there, why the heck didn't that ..... gaali-maaaa! 😡 just say that lj had asked for his three sons?? she is either still trying to keep prem all to herself, or she is just a mass of dead-brain duck-fat! *no, she didn't even deserve to be a dead-duck at that moment! 😡*
* little thing: hmmm... was that a little jolt of shock on preet's face when lj asked for prem? preet... choddoh bhi. how can you -- you, the sane juneja! -- keep this thing on for six long years, damnit!??? what the heck happened six years ago? will someone please tell me??? *looking beseechingly at anyone who can..*
* little thing: but oh, that look on prem's face when harman asked him to come in was ... well, it made me... well, grin goopily, i think it was. i can't be sure of course. but ... ya, i think it was grinning goopily that i was doing.
* little thing: omg. bhalat-lam-lakshman (as my little niece would say 😆) standing in a row. lj's three pillars. i remembered that shot, from so long ago, of the three juneja boys in one room, fast asleep. then gayatri-mom had come in to tuck them in. now, they stand silent and a little shame-faced in front of their dying father... somehow, that scene had a touch of grandeur about it.
seriously? this show has got some of the loveliest characters ever. seriously. and a great ensemble cast to play those characters. this show seriously rocks.
* little thing: hmmm, but it was an interesting check list that lj sent his sons out for, no?
- prasad -- something that is a blessing from the gods in religion, to keep you going in life? that is something to do with life?
- earth -- a place to hold your bones and who you used to be when you die? that is something to do with death and your permanent resting place?
- holy water -- something to wash away your sins in religion? that is for the soul?
* little thing: special mention thing -- gosh, the juneja boys in a row... 😍
* little thing: funny how gaali-maa knew that lj was going to ask them to go to india, no? i am sure that lj wouldn't have confided anything in her now! so how did this slimy gaali-maa know that lj had asked prem to go to india?
was she eavesdropping on the father's conversatio nto his sons???! eugh! do ''happy joint families'' make no pretense whatsoever at respecting an individual's privacy??? eeeeuuugggghhhh!
* little thing: hmmm. at first, i felt my eyebrows lifting at prem's emotional outburst in front of the family. but then, as he said, it has been a long time since his ''beloved bauji'' has asked anything of him - so i guess it makes sense.
but it was interesting to see the look on his brother's face as they listened to what he said.
* big thing: i got instantly caught at prem saying ''no vow of mine, no stubborness will stand in front of bauji asking me to fulfil my duties to him.'' why, why, why would prem make a vow to never go back to india?? why???
man! will someone please tell me what happened six years ago or what??! *feeling the deepest urge to stick my head out of my window and howl a prayer to the moon, except that there are still a heck of a lot of people in the house. people who also have no respect for an individual's privacy -- thank goodness i don't have to live with all of them all the time!*
* little thing: heer dancing at ... uh ... the wedding. ai haiii, mar jawaaan. she is so easy on the eye when she is happy...
er... so if (as they wish us to understand) this is ''heer's wedding'', just who is this other girl supposed to be? the one who keeps pulling her into dancing, or getting mehendi on her hands? the one with no name? *btw, this girl is the only reason i've seen to support that it's not heer getting married ... 😆*
* little thing: man, but watching mod-am happiness' caps of this show where heer and that girl is seen one after the other, i remember what i thought of ag's face and the attraction that it has.




it is not the classical barbie-doll kinda pretty, no? that's the face of the other girl. ag's face is longer; her eyes different in their almond-shape; and she soooo totally reminds me of the old hindi movie classical heroines -- nargis, nutan, madhubala.. ag is a very interesting kind of classical look, no? *dreaming of ag as anarkali and hc as salim in mughal-e-azam again..*
* little thing: 'kay, seriously? any of the juneja boys beat the other guy hollow on good looks! or is it just me? i mean, look!


or ... er... it could just be me? 😆
* little thing: oooh, juneja boys in another row - this time all formally dressed. the first informal dress line-up was bad enough. this one... sigh, what is it about guys and formal clothes that somehow makes them look all interesting? 🤣
* little thing: 'kay, this other guy is one the most needy characters ever! in a (supposed-to-be) busy airport, he bumps into someone, and expects a smile in return for a ''sorry''??! or later, when he expects bonding from prem 'cause prem actually lent him his phone for a moment??!
gosh, i hope that heer's not thinking of marrying this guy -- he will be all over her all the time asking for smiles and warm vibes when he thanks her! gee! how long has this dude been abroad?? from what i've seen of people in this country, they certainly seem locked into their own world, with little time for trivial pleasantaries for strangers... no? or is that just me again?
* little thing: heh, heh, looking at khushi's caps reminded me how awkward that idiot foreigner-type (ya, green t-shirt wala) looked sitting stiff in front of the camera. 🤣
and btw, i understand that cost-cutting means you may actually not be able to shoot in a proper airport -- i mean, even bombay airport, domestic/international, would've given a more credible picture than what we got! 😆
but just like they had a empire-state-building background for prem's office (🤣), they could've tried a more innovative approach to getting the airport-atmosphere right, no? *sigh* i don't like the effect that the recession is having on balaji telefilms production values... really. *sigh*

(source: http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1205786)
(btw, here, you're supposed to be checking out and confirming that that is the empire-state building behind prem -- not checking out prem, 'kay!? 😆)
* little thing: um... if they are all going to india, how come the juneja boys didn't stand in the same line? um... 'cause harman-preet had luggage and prem didn't? 'cause prem is not planning to be in india long enough to even take a shower???
*boy, prem sure is taking the global water shortages problem seriously! 🤣*
* gego** thing: man! prem soooooo rocks without his glasses! i hope he has forgotten to take 'em in his little bag to india. *saying ''sorry, smits'' in a totally cheeky and unapologetic way to smits -- sshekar of the ffic, destiny fame. 😆*
**gego stands for ''get 'em glasses off!'' 🤣
* little thing: look, seriously, isn't that guy speaking too familiarly to heer for her not to be his bride??! ''i'm gonna be in the plane in a couple of hours, so we will not get to talk for a while.'' huh? and btw, how can a guy sitting in canada when it's (presumably) daytime in india, land up in time for a ceremony in the evening of the same day??!! er... that's not possible? no? *majorly confused muh*
* prem thing: the thing that touched my heart most in this show? how when the call from india comes back to his phone, and the other guy has vanished? prem -- the grouch, the forbidding -- looks at his ringing phone for the longest time and then - takes the call!!!! 😍 i mean, wouldn't a prem who cuts everyone else out of his heart, his mind, his soul -- just cut the call without a thought? but here...?
*sigh* sometimes, the director/scriptwriter just gets the little things sooo right! and *sigh* i guess that's why i still like to watch this show. 'cause seriously! the story is beginning to drive me nuts! 😔
* prem-heer thing: 😆 who else giggled at the steadfast inability of these two to recognise each other's voices? 😆
ya, ya, i know -- the connection was bad. but still... it was curious. just as it was curious to see that they look like they don't know of each other's existence in the universe, no? and yet, that moment introduced a pause in their busy lives. for a moment, it looked like both prem and heer paused - to feel again, to actually think about themselves again?
highlight of the episode: prem not cutting heer's call when she tries to get back in touch with that other guy. seriously. 😍 heer dancing at the wedding. bhalat-lam-lakshman in a row - somberly - in front of their dying father. the same trio walking in a row at the airport. ai hai, mar jawaaan. hmmm... special mention -- both prem and heer's hairstyles in the last shot. they both looked gorgeous. 😆


(source: khushi's caps of 07/02/09,
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1207063)
3rd july bt,lt continues next...